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A Little Bit About Batting

A quilt is like a sandwich and is made of three layers. The top, batting and backing. The batting is what goes in the middle of the "quilt sandwich.” This little informational tutorial will discuss many different types and uses of batting (See 60 Uses for Batting). You can choose from 100% cotton, polyester, cotton/polyester blend, bamboo, wool, silk, etc.

To help decide which to use, you may want to ask yourself a few questions first:

What will the finished product be used for? Quilt, wall hanging, bed-spread, etc.

Who will the end user be? Does it need to be flame retardant for children?

Does it need to be especially warm?

In a warm climate - does it need to breathe?

How do I want the finished quilting project to look - flat or fluffy? Contemporary or traditional?

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What is the old adage? "Rules are made to be broken" Most of the time, rules are a good thing, like stopping at red lights, do unto others and so on. But, in the quilting world we do it differently. I promise the "quilt police" won't come after you, (however, if you are entering a quilt show, you might want to re-think your decisions).

5 Rules You MUST Never Break

Where did you learn about quilting? Was it a quilt handed down from your grandmother? OK, maybe your grandma taught you to quilt. She probably started quilting before there were all the modern tools like rotary cutters (circa 1985), plastic rulers, printed patterns and quilt shops. What? They quilted before rotary cutters? Yes, my grandmother (Annie Scarlett) inspired me with her creativity. When I declared that I was going to make a quilt, she laughed and sent me a box full of teensy tiny pieces of feedsacks that were already cut and ready to make a Double Wedding Ring Quilt.

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Tied Quilts

Tied quilts are an old tried and true method of holding the 3-layers together to make a quilt. While I have quilts from both my grandmother and two of my great-grandmothers - my mom only 'tied' her quilts. What? My mom wanted to get quilt finished! The fastest way to get a quilt finished is to 'tie' the quilt. My first few quilts were hand-quilted. My youngest daughter figured out pretty soon that to get her quilt done 'in her lifetime' was to have it tied. I hate to admit, but as a beginning quilter I did most things 'wrong'. Well, wrong as in my grandmother wouldn't have done it that way- LOL.

With Lindsey's blue and yellow spool quilt, I did all the cool piecing, added borders, but then to finish it up in a timely manner, I used Yellow Polyester Yarn to do the ties. Hey, it is now 30+ years later, and while the fabrics have faded abit, the quilt is totally intact and will last another 30 -70 years. What more could you ask?

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